TELL CITY – Rebecca Fenn didn’t grow up in Tell City or Perry County, but her commitment to helping enrich the lives of thousands of its residents has added her name to a gilded list of citizens.

Fenn will be honored Wednesday evening with the 2011 Distinguished Citizen Award. Sponsored by the Tell City Historical Society, the annual honor will be presented during a 7 p.m. ceremony in City Hall Park. That will be followed by a reception at the historical society’s museum at Ninth and Franklin streets.

Angie Jarboe, Mike and JoAnn Smith and Larry Parks announce the engagement of their children, Candice Michelle Jarboe and Matthew Edward Parks, both of Cannelton.

The bride-elect is also the daughter of the late Terry Jarboe. She is a 2000 graduate of Tell City High School and a 2004 graduate of the University of Evansville.
She works as a production supervisor for Mulzer Crushed Stone at the Cape Sandy Quarry.
Mr. Parks is a 2002 Crawford County High School graduate. He works as a coal barge tender for Mulzer Crushed Stone at Cape Sandy Quarry.

TELL CITY – It was 50 years ago when Dr. Gene Ress decided that he would come back home to start his medical practice. And it’s a decision the “country doctor” doesn’t regret.

“I call myself a country doctor now because … I’ve worked here taking care of all the illness and injuries and out of the office, like the old country doctors use to do,” he said in an interview for last year’s Zeitung issue.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Dr. Don and Marilyn Gibson of Leopold. She is the granddaughter of Robert and Rosanna Gibson of Branchville, Mary Hagman of Leopold and the late Gervase Hagman.
She is a 2002 graduate of Perry Central High School and a 2006 graduate of Indiana University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She also graduated from Argosy University in 2009 with a master’s degree in psychology.

TELL CITY—Registrations are still being accepted for all Schweizer Fest sports events, and the road races could set a record for participation.
The six-mile and two-mile road runs will start 8 a.m. Saturday from City Hall Park. Two years ago a record 466 runners entered the two races combined.
The races had more pre-registrations last year than in 2009, but extreme heat on race day kept some runners away.